97 Intrepid overheating resolved

Replaced the Radiator and now I can't make the darn thing
overheat.Apparently the Rad was partially plugged.You could run water
through the old rad with a garden hose and even when it was taken apart you
could see through the tubes,however after a trip to the local rad shop and a
look through a new core it was apparent there was some restriction in the
old rad.

 

Gee I wished you would have figured that out a week ago. We just lost the
engine in our 1997 Chrysler LSH because it overheated. Worst thing abou tit
though was our gauges never indicated to us that there was a problem, and
all our fluids checked out until after the rod was thrown. Then the water
temp gauge decided to indicate there was a problem.

 

It sounds like the overheating was a result of your thrown rod and not
the cause of it. IOW, a new radiator would not have prevented the
thrown rod.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

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It takes water in the system to make the gauge work, if your engine had no
coolant in it, the sending unit would not get hot as it is supposed to.
Therefore you may not have gotten a warning from the gauge

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

OP said "...all our fluids checked out until after the rod was thrown."

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

So much for the super reliable 3.5.

 

Name me ANY engine that has never had a copy fail in the field.

Sheesh.